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Jan 1, 1300
Timbuktu becomes a center of Islamic learning.
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Period: Jan 1, 1300 to
Ch. 1-5 Vincent Gonzalez
U.S. History Timeline -
Jan 1, 1440
Johann Gutenburg develops his printing press.
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Oct 1, 1492
Columbus first reaches North America.
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Apr 5, 1521
The Spanish destory the Aztec empire.
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Aug 19, 1543
The Reformation begins in England with the Act of Supremacy.
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England defeats Spanish Armada.
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Jamestown is founded.
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"Pilgrims" settle in Plymouth.
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English Civil War begins between royalist forces and parliamentary forces led by Oliver Cromwell.
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William Penn founds Pennsylvania.
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George III becomes king of Great Britain.
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With the Treaty of Paris, Britain acquires a vast North American empire.
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British Parliament passes the Stamp Act.
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Colonists stage the Boston Tea Party.
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Parliament passes the Intolerable Acts. First Continental Congress convenes.
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Reign of Louis XVI begins in France.
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Second Continental Congress convenes.
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Colonies declare independance.
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Adam Smith's The Wealth of Nations is published.
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British surrender at Yorktown.
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Joseph II allows religous toleration in Austria.
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British preacher Edmund Cartwright invents the first power loom.
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Daniel Shays leads a rebellion against higher taxes.
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Sierra Leone in Africa is made a haven for freed American slaves.
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The Constitution is ratified.
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George Washington is elected president.
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The French Revolution starts.
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George Washington is reelected.
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French king Louis XVI is executed.
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Toussaint L'Ouverture defeats French forces sent to recaptures Saint Domingue.
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Mexican War of Independance begins.
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The Treaty of Ghent is signed, ending the War of 1812.
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Napoleon is defeated at Waterloo.
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Congress passes the Missouri Compromise.
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Mexico wins its independance from Spain.
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William Lloyd Garrison publishes The Liberator.
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Great Britain abolishes slavery in the empire.
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Texas establishes itself as a republis, with Sam Houston as its first president.
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Victoria becomes Queen of England.
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Native Americans are relocated in the Trail of Tears.
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Samuel Morse sends first telegraph message.
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The Great Potato Famine begins in Ireland.
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The war with Mexico begins.
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Karl Marx's The Communist Manifesto is published.
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Woman's rights convention held at Seneca Falls, New York.
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The Grea Exhibition opens in London.
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Franklin Pierce is elected president.
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Charles Dickens's Hard Times is published.
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James Buchanan is elected president.
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The Supreme Court rules against Dred Scott.
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South Carolina secedes.
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Russian serfs emancipated by Czar Alexander II
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The Confederacy is formed. Civil War begins.
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Battles of Gettysburg and Vicksburg.
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Maximilian of Austria becomes emperor of Mexico.
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Lincoln is assassinated; Andrew Johnson becomes president.
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Civil war ends.
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Cubans revolt against Spain.
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Ulysses S. Grant is elected president.
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Suez Canal is opened.
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Red Cloud, chief of the Ogala Siouxx, states his people's case in Washington, D.C.
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Secret ballot is adopted in Britain.
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Japan forces Korea to open ports to trade.
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Rutherford B. Hayes is elected president.
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Reconstrution ends.
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James Garfield is elected president.
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Garfield is assassinated. Chester Arthur becomes president.
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French occupy Tunisia.
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Grover Cleveland is elected president.
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Oklahoma opened for settlement; the land rush begins.
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Sioux are massacred at Wounded Knee.
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Diminished U.S. gold reserve triggers the panic of 1893.
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France takes over Indochina.
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William McKinley is elected president.
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William Jennings Bryan runs for president.
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Boxer Rebellion takes place in China.